SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml to Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoLifestyle Creep (anyone know how to avoid this?)en.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up155arrow-down11
arrow-up154arrow-down1external-linkLifestyle Creep (anyone know how to avoid this?)en.m.wikipedia.orgSubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml to Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square36fedilink
minus-squareclucose@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 day agoSplurging won’t make you happy in the longterm. Saving and buying your own home might. That’s why you want to save money, to have options available.
minus-squarekryptonidas@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·1 day agoThat would be great if the prices of houses didn’t rise faster than it is possible to save for the majority of people.
minus-squareRedfugee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·24 hours agoThat’s true if you were just keeping savings in a non-interest bearing account. Stock market returns, however, have outpaced house prices.
minus-squareyetiftw@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·24 hours agoah but slightly nicer groceries would
minus-squareriodoro1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·1 day agoBut they make them more and more expensive every year. What’s the point of chasing a carrot if it’s attached to your head?
Splurging won’t make you happy in the longterm. Saving and buying your own home might. That’s why you want to save money, to have options available.
That would be great if the prices of houses didn’t rise faster than it is possible to save for the majority of people.
That’s true if you were just keeping savings in a non-interest bearing account. Stock market returns, however, have outpaced house prices.
ah but slightly nicer groceries would
But they make them more and more expensive every year. What’s the point of chasing a carrot if it’s attached to your head?